HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO YOUR SONGS

How To Get People To Listen To Your Music

One of the challenges upcoming artiste faces is how
you can get people to listen to your music.
The funny thing is, from an outside point of view,
getting people to listen to your songs doesn’t seem like
that much of a big task. You just make a song, share it
and people will hear it right?NO!

People won’t listen to your music unless you give
them a real reason to!

There’s so much free music out there now,
that people have too much music on there phones/devices. They won’t download or buy your music simply because you’re not yet popular, yet they won’t download/buy it if they’ve never heard of you before. In other words, putting your music on blogs, hulkshare, Soundcloud, Facebook and Twitter won’t by itself make it go viral and have people
listing to you.
So what should you do instead? Well, that’s what I’m
going to share with you today. Here are some steps
formula to getting people to listen to you. If you have
these things in place and market yourself using the
strategies talked about on this site, you’ll give yourself a
much better chance of getting in front of new ears.

Give Something Worth Getting Excited About

One of the biggest things you need to determine when
trying to get people to listen to your music, is whether
or not it’s worth people getting excited about. This can
be hard to tell initially, as it’s your music; of course
you’re going to think it’s worth people listing to!
But be objective for a minute. Ask yourself the
following:

·  Is the recording quality of your songs as good as
the best music out there in your genre (say top
10%)?

·  Are you either giving something that hasn’t been
done before, or using a tried and tested formula to
a high level?

·  Would your lyrics sound inferior when placed on a
track with the top talent in your genre?

·  Is your voice strong enough and of a tone that
people would enjoy?

·  Are your backing tracks you’re singing or rapping
over of a high level?

Ask yourself all of these things and more, comparing your music to others back to back if you need to. I know, this is hard to do. It’s hard to judge yourself as a musician, but it’s a skill you need to learn. Record yourself, both your vocals and your movements via video. Learn your bad habits, and the things which look and sound unprofessional. Look at what other people who you admire do, and decide how you can change what you’re doing without outright copying other people. Getting influence from them though is ok. The thing is, if your music isn’t as good as what other
people are already offering (or at least very close), then you instantly have an uphill struggle in terms of getting people to listen to your music. So if it’s not, keep practising!!
Don’t be in a rush to get the masses to hear your music; release it before it’s ready and you won’t get a good reaction. This will only demotivate you. Further more, it’ll stop people listening to you next time. Once you’re making good quality songs, then start trying to get ears on your music on a wider scale. Before then, simply test the music with a few fans of your genre, and focus on increasing your talent.

Give it an outstanding promotion!!

That’s right, as always it comes back to promotion and marketing. But
not just any kind of promotion however, the right
Promotion!
Technically, sharing your music on your
Facebook page with 59 fans is promotion but it will never get you anywhere and as is posting comments on music blogs saying you’ve new music out and that people should listen. Neither of those two
things will do much in terms of getting people to listen
to you however. Instead of spending all your time aiming for things
which will give you small results, you should change
your mentality and aim for those bigger wins instead.
Instead of reaching your fans one by one for the
majority of the time, start leveraging other people’s
audiences instead. Aim for those who have an established fanbase who are your ideal audience… then promote and market to them. Not to their audience initially, to them. Do what you can to work
with them and let them get you in front of their
audience. These people I’m referring to could be top music promotional sites like www.NaijaArtiste.net, top music blogs, musicians in
your genre, channels that play videos of the quality
you’re doing, big Youtube channels, radio stations and
other media outlets.

There are two main reasons this works:
1. First of all, there is a highly targeted pre-qualified audience you’re getting in front of. You’re not just reaching out to people randomly who may or may not like the kind of music you make.
2. You’re getting recommend by people these music lovers already know and trust. If a radio station / youtube channel / blogs etc they listen to and respect says they’ll also like your music, they’re a lot more likely to listen out for and give it a go. Usually right away. If however someone randomly approached them online saying to listen to a song they’ve made, most likely that request will be ignored.
So the take away point: don’t just market your music,
market it in the right way. The two guides I linked to in this last section will get you started with that, but be sure to also look around at the other guides on this site for ideas. It can take longer to get those established platforms and musicians to work with you, but build your way up in the method I mention in this guide and it is possible.
Furthermore, it’ll give you much better results in the long run.

Conclusion

So those are the three steps you need to take to get
people to listen to your music:
1. Make really good music,
2. Put the focus on making the fans happy rather than making yourself successful, and
3. Market your music in the right way. Get recommendation from others rather than expecting people to listen to you randomly. By working like this, I guarantee you will get more people listening to your music. So what have you found works when trying to get
people to listen to your music? Let us know in the comments.